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Delete Study

delete_study
DestructiveIdempotent

Soft-delete a study and its linked invitations, interviews, and reports from normal reads. Participant links stop working. There is no public restore endpoint. Uploaded assets may have separate retention. Call only when the human explicitly requests deletion of this study.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
study_idYes
organization_idNoPlatform admins only: select an organization for this operation. Required when changing another organization’s study or using its wallet.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
resultYesThe soft-deleted study.

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. Changed1 schema field changed
    • addedInput schema / properties / organization_id
      Added value: +{
      +  "description": "Platform admins only: select an organization for this operation. Required when changing another organization’s study or using its wallet.",
      +  "maxLength": 128,
      +  "minLength": 1,
      +  "type": "string"
      +}
  2. Changed9 schema fields changed
    • changedInput schema / $schema
      Previous value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"New value: +"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
    • removedInput schema / additionalProperties
      Removed value: -false
    • addedInput schema / properties / study_id / pattern
      Added value: +"^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
    • changedOutput schema / $schema
      Previous value: -"http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"New value: +"https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"
    • changedOutput schema / properties / result / additionalProperties
      Previous value: -trueNew value: +{}
    • removedOutput schema / properties / result / properties / dashboard_url / $ref
      Removed value: -"#/properties/result/properties/name"
    • addedOutput schema / properties / result / properties / dashboard_url / type
      Added value: +[
      +  "string",
      +  "null"
      +]
    • removedOutput schema / properties / result / properties / study_link / $ref
      Removed value: -"#/properties/result/properties/name"
    • addedOutput schema / properties / result / properties / study_link / type
      Added value: +[
      +  "string",
      +  "null"
      +]
  3. First observed

TDQS

A4.4/5.0
Behavior5/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Goes well beyond the destructiveHint/idempotentHint annotations: it discloses that this is a soft-delete affecting normal reads, that participant links break, that there is no public restore endpoint, and that uploaded assets may have separate retention. These are exactly the consequences an agent needs before calling a destructive tool.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness5/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

Four tight sentences, front-loaded with the most consequential fact (soft-delete + cascade), then consequences, then the authorization precondition. Nothing is filler.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a destructive, cascading operation the description covers reversibility, side effects, and the human-approval requirement; an output schema exists so return values need not be explained here.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters2/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

Schema description coverage is 50% (organization_id is documented in the schema; study_id is not). The description adds no parameter-level meaning at all, so it does not compensate for the undocumented study_id.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

States a specific verb (soft-delete) and resource (study) plus the cascade scope: linked invitations, interviews, and reports. An agent can distinguish this from delete_interview or delete_participant because the cascade is named explicitly.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines4/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

Gives a hard precondition: 'Call only when the human explicitly requests deletion of this study.' That is an unusually strong when-to-use signal, though it does not name alternatives such as stop_study or pause_study for the non-destructive case.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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